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Old May 21st 04, 08:07 AM
Martin
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Default Windows Me will not boot

Hi A family memeber of mines has Windows Me they turned
it off one night and now it will not come back on it
powers up and runs a bios check then it displays a
message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" then on a black screen
it displays "Disk I\O error" "Replace the disk and then
press and key" then if I hit enter I get "disk boot
failure, insert system disk and press enter" I've make a
ME boot disk and I have cold booted with that and it went
through lots of things then displayed on a black
screen "A:\" and if I hit enter I get the A:\ again what
should I do keep in mined they didn't have an updated
version of mcafee virus on this PC
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Old May 21st 04, 08:59 AM
Mart
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Default Windows Me will not boot

Sounds like your Hard Drive is failing, see:-
"Error Message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" Occurs and the Computer Is
Unavailable"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;287553

Try running scandisk in Real Mode DOS, booting from your WinMe Startup
(floppy) Disk.

Select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type:
scandisk c:
Then press return. (Note the space between the k and the c and note the
colon : after the c)

If it will let you, progress with the tests (depends how bad the disk is).
If errors are reported and scandisk offers to repair, decline - and also
decline a surface scan.

Treat the disk with caution and hope that you will able to read and copy
your important files at a later time. Only attempt any further testing
if/when you can afford to lose any data. (Urgent preparation for 'sods' Law
is strongly recommended)

Good luck

Mart


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Hi A family memeber of mines has Windows Me they turned
it off one night and now it will not come back on it
powers up and runs a bios check then it displays a
message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" then on a black screen
it displays "Disk I\O error" "Replace the disk and then
press and key" then if I hit enter I get "disk boot
failure, insert system disk and press enter" I've make a
ME boot disk and I have cold booted with that and it went
through lots of things then displayed on a black
screen "A:\" and if I hit enter I get the A:\ again what
should I do keep in mined they didn't have an updated
version of mcafee virus on this PC
.




 




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